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Art Ramble: “In the Balance”

Hapgood Wright Town Forest Walden St, Concord, United States

September 1 - November 13 Hapgood Wright Town Forest, Concord, MA Hours: 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset Artist Reception & Walkabout Saturday, September 17, 4:30-5:30PM Rain […]

Free

The Brooks Family Art Collection

Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MA, United States

Join Doug Carr, an architect and student of art and history, as he presents a variety of art works collected by generations of Brooks Family members, whose ranks include the […]

Free

Magunkaquog Praying Town

Acton Memorial Library 486 Main Street, Acton, MA, United States

Archaeologist Holly Herbster discusses her research on one of seven original “Praying Towns” established in 1669 by missionary John Eliot. Colonial records tie specific Native people to the archaeological remains […]

Free

Wadsworth Cemetery Tour

Wadsworth Cemetery 74 Concord Road, Sudbury, MA, United States

Join us on October 15th when Vice President of the Sudbury Historical Society, Elin Neiterman, will provide you with the interesting history of this cemetery and how it has evolved […]

$5.00

Art Ramble Curator Talk

The Umbrella Arts Center 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, United States

Join us for a talk with the curator of this year's Art Ramble, our Visual Arts Manager Stephanie Marlin-Curiel! Learn how Stephanie created "In The Balance" from start to finish […]

Free

Cutting Edge Digital Technologies Documentation

Virtual

Thomas Elmore, of the GeoNAV Group, and Eva Gibavic, of Ceremonial Landscapes Research, share their experience using 3D LiDAR scanning, photogrammetry, and mapping utilizing ArcGIS’s capabilities to bring extremely accurate […]

Free

Aimee Nezhukumatathil, “World of Wonders” Book Reading & Signing

The Umbrella Arts Center 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, United States

As part of the Concord Festival of Authors, The Umbrella is pleased to host a reading, book-signing and writing workshop with Aimee Nezhukumatathil, the New York Times-bestselling poet and author of World of Wonders: […]

Free

The Umbrella presents: Aimee Nezhukumatathil

The Umbrella Arts Center 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, United States

October 18-19, 2022 As part of the Concord Festival of Authors, The Umbrella is pleased to host a reading, book-signing and writing workshop with Aimee Nezhukumatathil, the New York Times-bestselling poet and author […]

Free

Write Outside Your Door: A Nature Writing Workshop at Thoreau Farm

Thoreau Farm 341 Virginia Road, Concord, MA, United States

Henry David Thoreau was a masterful, creative writer. We can follow his example by interacting with nature, by paying close attention to its nuances, and by using all of our senses, as […]

$50

Adult Archaeology Walk

Bettina Abe of Acton’s Natural Resources Division will lead a brisk hike along the Nashoba Brook trail, with stops at the stone chamber and Native American ceremonial sites. Trail conditions […]

Free

Margaret Fuller and Elizabeth Bishop: Two Women of Central Massachusetts

The Groton Center 163 West Main St, Groton, MA, United States

The Groton Center, 163 West Main Street, West Groton Co-sponsored with the Groton Public Library Program immediately follows brief business meeting Registration required These two seemingly contrasting women writers—the 19th century […]

Free